War, Jews and the New Europe - 9781906764012

War, Jews and the New EuropeDiplomacy of Lucien Wolf, 1914-19\nAuthor(s): Mark Levene\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization\nISBN-13: 9781906764012, 978-1906764012\nSynopsis\nThe First World War was a major watershed in modern Jewish history. Out of it came the Balfour Declaration, a first critical step in the creation of the State of Israel, but also a radical redrafting of the political map of eastern and central Europe, with dramatic and potentially tragic consequences for its dispersed but substantial Jewish minority.\n\nIn this lucid work, which was awarded the 1991 Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History, Mark Levene approaches these developments through the diplomatic endeavours of Lucien Wolf, a British Jew who was both one of the chief proponents of the Balfour Declaration and co-architect of the Minorities Treaty that provided an internationally endorsed framework for Jewish existence i.